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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28
PlTn AND po1,,

AOlNIs
NAPOLEON had his do,,,.,
Wellington. A boys d ou13le, 50
apple. 0ouo!e isa !
-, IT may sound like an apo,,.,
the man discovered in croo oIIoha!lg
II II is difficult for a dr;nn;x
hold his breath; it is ''a eta, nd
strong for him. 7eaas ssE'e,o?eral!
IT is much harder 70 s. v;s,s's'
who fights with his mo oH.isfy
who 10 uses a gun.-Macon Tel TeIessaas a
HE oyster is like man IN
spect. He is of little use Au MN N oa]
him out of his bed. -Bo s on'' ~ ,'|
A NEVADA man who start. s0a' /
look !: for a grizzly bear 't fonsdd q
Puck. '"' s dlnad
THERE is an art in putting ., :,
says a fashion paper. Cong On n g
of it, you have to get your r1 b.. %
it were, in putting on a elov nS as.
well, old fellow, it's all ,a pt,p
am going to be married in ~ tm se'Ele
You will be one of the wit w.t., no
hope?" "Count upon me. , ass
sert friend in misfortune ue'e
WiyE TO second husband,
James, you are so different ~.
first husband! HusbapdNyalso from
so, when you come down - les !,
point. He died four years a sp W.
didn't. 'So
RusK1N is modest man. u.
Charles Kingsley: "He was 30 . .
partly rotten, partly Historical .
but may be read with advantlps
numbers who could not un1as .s
word of me-" '''
AN exchange says that Jams
a colored man who resides n
Rosa, Mexico, is the Oldest ma,
world, being 1876 years old. \
James James older and toupha,
Jim Jams?-T Texas Siftings. N''
AN agricultural journal tells ID
chow to preserve a grindstones
a queer notion. 1t would be
as hard to insert the teeth i,
served grindstone as in some
things the women folks prescyvs
WE left our sanctum ct midpi
night, and on our way home v:
young lady and gentleman h9j
gate on it's hinges. They WEI
IDENTITY indignant at being kep.
late, as we saw them bite each
several times. -Ne,v York jour
AN Eastern photographer b.
ceeded in photographing the aisI
bullet discharged from a rifle
rate of 1900 feet per second
by he expects to be able to phos]
baseball as now pitched by tAs
teams, but he'll have to secure
chemicals than he now uses-N
Independent.
A LADY lost q brooch wti
priced very highly, and, beingl
to recover it, she advertised tn
paper. Her advertisement
peared but few times, when OIL
to her bureau drawer, she tAe
the missing brooch, looking as
as ever. We always thought tha
efficacy in advertising, and this il
is conclusive.
A DISTINGUISHED diplomats
the United States of America
genial and sociable being soal
his arrival in London made ID
of the sights-Madam TussauiI
the number. "And what don
of our waxwork exhibition 81
friend. WELL" replied the Cd
sit struck me as being very Ike
binary English evening part?'
| glish Exchange,
II GUESS I'd better Withdraw
the church for two or three my
said a Dakota man to the mi
"Why, how's that brother, what
matter?" inquired the pastor.
three or four cyclone lies sort Of
ing around in my mind and the!
to come out. Just give me
absence for say ninety days snd
back again with you next fall
lieve they will be some Of the II
INCEST cyclone lies ever told
don't want to disgrace the chul
Dakota Bell,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28

PROF. MARIANA SEMMoLA, the famous
italian physician and scientist, who was
present at the recent Medical Congress
in Washington, created considerable
sensation by his attack upon the Koch
theory Of microbes os cause of dis
ease. The position which he took was
that in most cases microbes were the
effects, not the causes, of disease, and
that the only way in which it could be
established that they were the causes
would be to reproduce the disease
artifcially by them. Upon this point
he said: "The experiments made have
not given any satisfactory results ex-
cept in carbuncle and tuberculosis.
Then to conclude hastily that this or
that microbe in such and such dis
ease is the cause is to but ignore or set
aside the experimental method. The
demonstration which the expert
mental method demands in this
case would be complicated, be-
cause we would not only have to know
that the microbe existed, but we would
have to know what was the condition
OF the blood necessary to the culture
of that particular microbe, and science
tells us that, for the present, this is
problem we cannot solve" If this be
so, then away goes the theory of bac-
teriology. If more theories could go
with it, and medical science could be
content with resting squarely upon
demonstration, there would be less
jumping at conclusions and more work
ing upon the lines of actual experiment.
Meanwhile poor humanity can go on eat
ing, drinking, and breathing microbes
by millions without fear as to the result
until science can demonstrate the bane-
full effects of these microscopic bacteria.
When they can be demonstrated as
causes of disease and bacteriology can
counterfeit them, it will be time to give
them the attention that is due.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28

would thus seem that, in general, the
gait OF criminal betrays marked
preponderance of power of the left foot
over the right-a true sinistrality.
This also agrees with the discovery of
Mario that criminals are often left
handed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28
srNcn the discovery of petroleum

SINCE the discovery of petroleum
$4,000 wells have been drilled in Penn
sylvania and the adjacent oil territory.
1t cost 5000, 900, 900 to sink these wells.
The oil they have produced sold at the
wells for $500, 100000, therefore the
profit Of the producers has been $780,
O00,00 There is no estimate at hand
of the profits of the Standard Oil Com
panY.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28

IN analyziag the character of heroes
1t Is hardly possible to separate alto.
gether the share of fortune from thei,
own.-Halamh 49,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28
AZ wi L " I Al
handed.

/
SEBASTIAN MULLER is the name of a
man who has just arrived at New
Haven Conn, coming from his home
in Switzerland. He and his perform
ance are described by a local print
Muller is % years old, stands five feet
eight inches in height, and tips the
beam at 1881 pounds, He is we'll built,
with large and massive shoulders, and
splendidly-developed muscles on the
arms and chest. Taking stone about
six inches long, and of the usual cobble-
stone shape, he held it firmly with his
left hand against an iron ball fastened
to the top of the barrel. Then swing
ing his right arm around his head he
brought the hand down sideways with
fearful force upon the stone about two
inches from the end. With crack the
stone broke into several pieces, which
flew off in different directions. The
operation was exactly similar to that
of a blacksmith welding sledge-
hammer. The last stone broken was
nearly-round, tough-textured piece Of
! white quartz, such as is often found
along country roads, This was shivered
into pieces. After the performance
Muller's hand showed no sign of the
fearful blows except slight redness."
RAILWAY enterprise in Turkey, which
has long been dormant, is at last about
to take gigantic stride. An imperial
"iradeh, just issued, grants to a syndi-
cate Of British fnancers the right to
construct grand-trunk line, to traverse
the great central plateau of Asia Minor,
and connect Constantinople, the empire
city, with Bagdad, the queen of Meso-
potamia. For years past this under
taking has been the goal of rival specu-
lators. English, French, and German
company promoters, and even Ameri-
cans, have all sought to carry off what
is justly regarded as the grand prix of
Turkish concession stakes, and neither
the whip of embassy assistance nor the
spur of promised rewards has been
wanting in the efforts made to bring
the respective schemes up to the Win
ning-post of acceptance. The French
ambassador is very irate at the de-
cision that has been made, and speaks
OF it as second Egyptian convention.
He is the more disguised in that
French group, working under his
patronage, had seemed, up to the very
issue Of this iradeh, to be making all
the running. Monticello and his
Russian ally both endeavored to lodge
protest with the grand vizier, but his
highness shunted of their interference
with the remark that the construction
of railway in Turkey which touched
nowhere upon the frontier of either
Russia or Turkey was matter that
could not concern them. The projected
line is to run from Scutari, on the
Bosphorus, to Bagdad. The line will
traverse districts alternately rich in
minerals and agricultural wealth, and
in few years will effect q greater
change in the social condition of the
inhabitants of Asia Minor than could
be brought about by any amount of re-
form edicts.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28
Gypsy PROVERBS

Those are the fattest 1l. III,
fall back from the line INTO ~ ~
1t is not good to choose w
cloth by candIe-light. 49,, ,,nls
What is the use of q kiss uD''
be two to divide it? ,,,r
Who has got luck need 0u''
home with his mouth open ,os
Who wants to steal PoV"''
forget the sack. :, ,,ot criu(
Two hard stones DO ~. o
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28

Col. ROBERT G. TNGEEsoLL, chatting
the other day about politics, said :
"Joln Sherman made mistake in
Ohio in forcing an endorsement. That
action is the forcing of the fight
all along the line. Now, Sherman's
time to force tho fight was in the con-
yention. He has opened the battle,
and other States are now coming up
into line for their favorites. That is
not to Sherman's advantage, for it may
leave him with only Ohio, as in former
years"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28

The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash
says Voorhees, is not his right name.
"There should be Van before my
name. Clear down to tho time of my
childhood my ancestors were old
Knickerbockers, and l am the first
cross in that long ancient Dutch lineage.
1t is not my fault that the Van has
been dropped from our name. 1t was
a mistake, and could i have foreseen
The future so far as my own career was
concerned l would have tackled it on
upon my own responsibility"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28

A RECORD of the many ;,r i,
sumed by Count Tolst0l t na' i,
cent illness established Thin
there are a good many
taken into q count.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-28

The barramanda proves to be con-
Meeting link of primary rank between
the oldest surviving group of fishes and
the lowest air-breathing animals, like
the frogs and salamanders. 1t leaves
it's native streams at night and sets out
ON foraging expedition after vegeta-
bio food in the neighboring woodlands.
1t has both lungs and gills. It can
breathe either air or water at will, or,
if it chooses, the two together Though
covered with scales and most fish-like
in outline, it presents points of anatom-
ical resemblance both to salamanders
and lizards, and is a connecting bond
between the North American mud fish
on the one hand and the wonderful lep-
idosiren on the other.
DIR. PARRACHIA has made curious
study of the differences between Grim
inals and lawabiding citizens Us exhib-
tied by their walk He has not only
shown how we may distinguish Grim
inals in general, but has laid the be-
ginning of the differential diagnosis
between various evil-doers. He found
that in criminals in general obtained
from the study of forty criminals) the
left pace was longer than the right, the
lateral deviation of the right foot was
greater than that of the left, and the
angle formed by the axis Of the foot
with the straight line was greater on
the left side than on the right 1t
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
TElECRAPHiC NEWS.
A PiGnr To A FINISH.

The Belfast spider whips willie Clark.
Long ISLAND. N. Y, May "A tight
between Ike Weir of Boston, better
known as the belfast Spider. and Will
lie Clark of Philadelphia took place last
night up Long Island Sound. The tight
was to q finish, Queensbury rules, with
undressed kids, for 81 900. The fight
was in twenty rounds and lasted one
hour and twenty three minutes. 1.-The
Spider knocked Clark down twice IN
the first round, drawing the first blood
from his nose. Weir also made one clear
knock down in the seventh round, after
which C,atk fought entirely on his game
ness, taking teri lis punishment. Clark
was badly beaten man. His face was
badly cut ap, while "The Spider was
scarcely marked AT the end OF the 20Jh
round Clark's seconds threw up the
sponge, as their man was unable to see,
one eye being entirely closed and the
other nearly so aud he was too weak to
come to tims. The opinion of sporting
men present was that the Spider could
Outright any man of his weight in the
world.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
THE SILVER STATE.
PUBLISHED EVERY DAY SUNDAYS EA'
CEPTED) BY
i. j. HILL e. CO.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

One copy one year, by mail. ...........so ~ o.
On copy, six months, by mail. ......-.. ~ ~
ON copy three months. by mail. ...... w.
: Delivered by Carrier. 20 &euis pef "o0N'
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
THE SOOLOO ISLANDS.
The Native Chiefs Completely subju'
gated.

LONDON, May 2.-Advoes received
here state that the Governor of the 500
loo Islands ard force of 900 European
and native troops. aided by Spanish ships.
attacked several thousand native rebels
at Mabug aud took many prisoners. A
large humber of guns also fell INTO the
hands Of the Spanish. Maibug was
burned after being looted, and only the
Chinese were spared. There were heavy
losses on both sides. The native chiefs
have fully submitted.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
An HAIR To A FORTUNE.
A Dime Museum lecturer Likely 20
Bring up In Prison.

DEToIT, Mich. May 2.-Wm. Wheel
er. the dime museum door-keeper and
lecturer. came here from Chicago several
months ago A few weeks ago he re-
ceived word that he had fallen heir to an
undivided half interest in a California
uncle's $500. 900 fortune. lie immedi-
ately resigned aud proceeded to celebrate,
soon disposing of all his spare cash. For
the sake Of lucre to take him to the Gold-
en- Gate he secured a position as night
clerk at the Colborn House. Last night
he left without giving due notice taking
with him little more than $l00 belong.
ing to the Hotel. Nothing has since
been heard Of him.
A STAEtM
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02

A Horrible sunday Morsing scene.

A Horrible sunday Morsing scene.
PrrTsBURa, May 2.-Y yesterday morn
ing when Jennie Oswold. girl ii years
OF age, came from her bedroom into the
dining room of her home in Shaler town
ship. near Etnaboreugh, just beyond the
limits OF the city. she found her father,
Charles Oswo.d, sitting in chair with
his throat cut and her younger sister
aged nine, lying on a lounge dead. Ii
was a case of suicide on the part of
Oswold and all signs indicate that he
murdered his daughter before cutting his
own throat. The child had evidently
been snothered to death as a piece of
cloth was found stuffed in her meuth.
1t is supposed that constant brooding
over his domestic and financial troubles
had turned his brain. Oswold was a
blacksmith As years Of age.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
A TERRIFIC HAIL STORM.
Chunks or lee as Large as Goese-egg
Falling From the Clouds.

ST. PAUL. MINI, May AFTER day
OF summer heat this section was visited
last evening by a terrific hail storm
which did much damage. The hail
stones ranged in size from pea to full
grown goose egg, some of the largest
weighing four ounces and measuring
ninee inches in circumference. Glass
was broken wherever exposed, that in
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
AN ABsCONDINC TELLER.
Another Recruit For the Canadian Gel.
0uy.

PHILADELPHIA. May 2. - James d..
Tapgort, who for several years has been
the paying teller of the Union Trust Co..
at No. Gil and 6l3 Chestnut Street, has
absconded, and an examination of the
books of the company shows deficit OF
something less than 500. 1000. Up to q
late hour last night paying teller Taggart
foiled to show up. and the officials Of the
bank have given up all hopes OF his re-
turning.
~.sv .wrupavrury soCIRrv
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02

fESANTA ABLE is only sold in large bottles
at 81: three for s. SO. Sold by all wholesals and
retail druggists. rs
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02

WOODLAND, Cal Your medicines are selling
better than any othsr shelf goods, and give satis
faction to all purchasers. The Cat-k-Cure is
praised very highly by all who have tried IL, and
many cases have been greatly benefited by It's
use when all other rem. dies tried have proved OF
no benefit Yours truly.
POND & LAWSON.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02

the tower of the State Capitol being rid
died and in some cases even plate glass
being shattered. A number of small
structures, chimueys, ETC., we're wrecked
by the wind.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
THE AsTu.PovERTY SOCIETY.
The Hall Crowded AZ Its First Public
Meeting.

New YORK, May 2-The Auti-Pov.
erty Society, of which DIR. McGlynn is
President and Henry George Vice Presi-
dent, held its arst public meeting last
night at Chickering Hall. The hall was
packed to overffowing, aud on the plat
form were large number of leaders OF
the United Labor party.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
AoEET s:

LIP. FlsuER, Sen Ffaneisco, California.
} & CAga Is authorized 70 coliec. anu anu re-
ceipi for subscriptions to tne Sibsh~ oiN'N Ut
Par rdae valley.
S &. Y0uSs is authorized to collect and
ec ,,pt for subscriptions &C the SrLvaa STATE at
BIZ Meadows. ,,--.
A. GIsTs s authorized 70 eoHect anu leceipt
o., gbacrintions to the Sn.yER STATE in Spring
City.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
RATES OF ADVERTISING:

RArE3 OF ADVENTIStNU'
Ore Square 90 lines) first insertion. '''.s, ~ ~
Ia y subsequent insertion, per sI9f.to.. W.
A., beisl reduction to regular aoFei'''0''
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
Heavy Immigration.

LONDON, May Daring the past
week 2,6lS emigrauts left Queenstown
for America. The total for the mouth OF
April is ,S54 against 6,656 for April
last year.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
SANTA ABLE,
Pleasing 10 the raiate and Death TO
Cough. z

CALIcc, Call have had the catarrh for hye
years, and could hardly Tx plain; eoold not
breathe through my noAtrils. Your California
Cat.R-Cute has cleansed out my head and can
talk palmer now than have for the past five
years Your med dcine Is all that 1t Is represent
ed, an absolute cure for catarrh and cold In the
head. Yours truly,
CHARLES @. 0vERsHINER.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02

by N. LEVY & Co.. Whine
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02

FoLsoa, Call used Butte-Tine in chronic
rheumatism with great benefit. Please send a
supply 10 J. w. Haines, Genoa, New, and oblige
yours truly, +. {. DuRAAT, M. T..
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-05-02
BULLION TAN.

Notice is hereby given, that the Tax on Pro-
ceeds OF Mines for the quarter ending Msrth
81, 1887. is now due and payable, at my
Office in the Courthouse OF the County OF
Humboldt, and that the laws for its collection
will be strictly enforced.
B.F. RILEY,
Assessor OF Humboldt County New.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-08-18

Atchison claims to be booming city
yet it can't get up enough funds to run
4 ferry across the Missouri, even when
a railroad corporation offers to donate
the city a boat, and the Champion
makes the following suggestions re-
garding the matter:
Gen. w. w. Guthrie states that the
B. q NJ. railroad will furnish the boat
if the citizens of Atchison will operate
it, as free ferry across the river at this
point. The cost of operating this ferry
say until about the middle of Novem-
Der. will be about $l2 per day.
The advantages of a free ferry are
patent to everybody. The retail mer.
chants. and especially the fruit pack
ers, would be intellectually benefited by
such an arrangement.
The trade on the opposite side of the
river for miles would, by this means, be
drawn to this city, and the results tC
our retailers would, in the judgment OF
the Champion, fully justify the expense
involved. OF course, such an arrange
ment could not, for obvious reasons, be
entered into by the city, but it could be
undertaken by the merchants and fruit
packers, who would be directly and
greatly benefited by it.
The Champion suggests that the
Merchants and Manufacturers bureau
appoint committee with authority to
consult with our business men and to
solicit private subscriptions for this
purpose. The benefits which will &C
crue to this town from free ferry are
of such character as to warrant the
effort required to test its feasibility
Let this important matter be taken
hold of Immediately and pushed.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-08-18
WAGEa AND LIRTNG.

Speaking Of wages and living in this
country, Edward Atkinson, the great
statistician, makes the following state
ment:
In the year 1900 the average wages
of common laborers were 81 cents; in
1880 nearly 80 cents. In 1900 the ave-
were 6S4 cents; in 1880, 80 cents. In
1900 the wages of carpenters were 934
cents; in 1880, S1.07. In 1900 the
wages of printers were So cents, in 1880,
81 .06. People in the year 1860 required
as much food to sustain life and as
much clothing to keep them warm as
they did in 1880. But between the
years 1900 and 1880 wages were in
creased and food and clothing
reduced in prices. The period
between 1880 and 1850 was
one of much greater prosperity
to the wage worker. Wages during
while the average increase in the price
of fourteen important articles of food
and clothing was only Is per cent. The
tenth annual report of the Massachus-
etts bureau of labor statistics shows
that between the years of 1860 and 1876
an additional increase of wages
! amounting to nearly 244 per cent. tool
place, while the advance in living was
only 15l per cent. Thus wages ovel
and above the cost of living, were in
creased 10 per cent. from 1850 to 1873
In 1860 the workmen of average capac
| ity received 81 SO per day, in 1885 S2.0 4
In 1860, workmen of superior skill re
ceived S2.37, in 1886 $500. Wages il
1885 were 25 per cent. higher than il
1850, and the purchasing power o
money was 264 per cent. greater"